Well worth the wait for the Olympic gold medal team in peaceful transport to strike again. Warmed this chilly afternoon yet appropriate for all seasons.

I am very happy with the result Mike, I imagine a live session, with your wonderful percusion surrounding you

oh this is very beautiful!! i'm glad to listen and enjoying these delicate sounds. Magical moments are opening!

'The sweet smell of Opoponax mirre carries me away to dreams of my Somalia... I drift amongst the stars, to hidden places of wonder and joy...'

VictorYibril launched 'The Long Silent Movement' in 2015 (see his SC-pages); brilliant and inspiring sounds and movements...
Ever since, MATJAMI has been working on a MATJAMI-style version. After several previous attempts, we now arrived at a stripped and re-mixed version of the LSM tracks, and the addition of the real timpani, singing bowl, small vietnamese gongs and a palm-leaf sweeper. Quite different from the original track, we are happy to publish it for our listeners to give some warmth in dark December (or bright December if your are down south!). 
We would love to hear what you think/feel/hear/experience... add it to the comments if you like.
Also check out our previous Osmanthus Dream, another 'sensory' ambient track. 
Enjoy!
Victor and Mike

VMM-collaborations

LSM MATJAMI-style

MATJAMI and VictorYibril - OPOPONAX

MATJAMI: Acoustic-electronic soundscapes, deep beats, slow trance, empty space: meditation by listening and playing. 
Tip: Use good speakers or headphones to enjoy the rich, deep sounds and binaural recordings.

We three at MATJAMI (Marcel Bode, Tjalling de Leeuw, Mike de Leeuw) develop our sounds and grooves as we interact live, using our bronze, wooden and stringed instruments, (Balinese gamelan & gongs, bowls, Tibetan horns, Chinese guxing & gongs, Javanese kendang drums, timpani, beer bottles) with Native electronics, samples and live loops. The quality and the texture of our sounds are at least as important as the composition. 
We play our sessions 'on the fly', where one of us starts and the rest comes in at leisure... All you hear here was recorded live, with only some simple stereo and eq mixing afterwards.
We love to perform in open areas, theaters, level stage, and spaces with a special feel to them; a small audience is just as nice.
Recently we started collaborating with other audio-artists like VictorYibril, Fintan O'Brien and Phlip Smith (G.A.), Miraela, and Augenmerk, combining their very different music styles, field recordings and soundscapes with our beats and sounds. 
Connect at mike@branchingtree.com

Comments

SSteng

Soumil Jain

Augenmerk

MATJAMI

AtrioSerenade

Perceptions

VictorYibril

pedro duarte

John Gilmore—jazz&ambient

Seelensack